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Re: "l'enfant de Castille

#4849 04/12/2002 9:48 AM

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Jakarta

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The origins of the name Elephant and Castle are lost in the mists of time, but Infanta of Castile is one possibility. However the Infanta in question was probably Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, and none other than the origin of Charing Cross (see above).

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